The Berlin Philharmonic: The Digital Concert Hall

Bach’s “St John Passion” with Simon Rattle and Peter Sellars

Berliner Philharmoniker
Dirigent: Sir Simon Rattle
Stage Direction: Peter Sellars
Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Halsey chorus master

Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion, BWV 245

Magdalena Kožená mezzo-soprano, Camilla Tilling soprano, Mark Padmore tenor (Evangelist), Christian Gerhaher baritone (Petrus), Roderick Williams baritone (Jesus), Andrew Staples tenor 
 
"When you hear this music for the first time, you're simply not prepared for this ocean of sound and dissonances," confesses Sir Simon Rattle.
Johann Sebastian Bach had just completed his first year as Thomaskantor, when he presented the Leipzigers with the first version of his St. John Passion and took his listeners on a disturbing journey into the depths of human existence.